Editing El Cid (section)

== Etymology: ''Cid'' and ''Campeador'' ==
[[File:Dotación del Cid a la catedral de Valencia 1098.jpg|thumb|345x345px|Here on the penultimate and final line of the document's text appears the autograph of Rodrigo Díaz: «{{lang|la|ego ruderico, simul cum coniuge mea, afirmo oc quod superius scriptum est.|i=no}}» This translates as "I Rodrigo, together with my wife, affirm that which is written above."]]
Rodrigo Díaz was recognized with the honorary title ''Campeador'' during his lifetime, as is evidenced by a document that he signed in 1098, which he signed in the Latinized expression, {{lang|la|ego Rudericus Campidoctor}}. The title ''Campeador'' comes from the Latin {{lang|la|Campidoctor}}, literally meaning "Teacher of the Field", but translatable as "Master of the Battlefield". Arabic sources from the late 11th century and early 12th century call him {{lang|ar|الكنبيطور}} ({{Transliteration|ar|al-Kanbīṭūr}}), {{lang|ar|القنبيطور}} ({{Transliteration|ar|al-Qanbīṭūr}}), also preceded by {{Transliteration|ar|Rudrīq}} or {{Transliteration|ar|Ludrīq}}, which are Arabized forms of his title and name, respectively.<ref>{{Cite web |last=gigatos |date=2022-03-12 |title=El Cid |url= https://www.trenfo.com/en/history/biographies/el-cid |access-date=2023-02-23 |website=Trenfo.com |language=en-GB |archive-date=2023-02-23 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230223071517/https://www.trenfo.com/en/history/biographies/el-cid |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The epithet ''El Cid'' meant "the Lord", probably from the original Arabic ({{langx|ar|السَّيِّد|as-[[Sayyid]]|label=none}}), and was a title given to other Christian leaders. It has been conjectured that Rodrigo Díaz received the honorific title and respectful treatment of contemporaries in [[Zaragoza]] because of his victories in the service of the King of the Taifa of Zaragoza between 1081 and 1086; however, he more likely received the epithet after his conquest of Valencia in 1094. This title appears for the first time, as {{lang|osp|Meo Çidi}}, in the {{lang|es|Poema de Almería}}, composed between 1147 and 1149.<ref>{{Cite book |title=El Cid : del hombre a la leyenda: Claustro bajo de la Catedral de Burgos, septiembre–noviembre 2007 |date=2007 |publisher=Junta de Castilla y León |author=Juan Carlos Elorza Guinea |author2=María Pilar Alonso Abad |author3=Castilla y León Junta |isbn=978-84-935781-4-5 |location= Valladolid |page=46 |oclc=433366647}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Ignacio Ruiz Rodríguez |first=Félix Martínez Llorente |title=Recuerdos literarios en honor a un gran historiador de Castilla: Gonzalo Martínez Díez (1924–2015) |date=2016 |isbn=978-84-9085-787-8 |location=Madrid |pages=315 |oclc=964290692}}</ref>

The combination of ''Cid Campeador'' is documented from 1195 in {{lang|es|Linaje de Rodrigo Díaz}} ("The Lineage of Rodrigo Díaz") in Navarro-Aragonese which form part of the {{lang|la|Liber regum}} written as {{lang|osp|mio Cit el Campiador}}; and in {{lang|osp|El Cantar de mio Cid}}.<ref>{{Citation |last=Deyermond |first=Alan |title=El Cantar de mio Cid y la épica anglosajona |date=2013 |work=Sonando van sus nuevas allent parte del mar |pages=217–226 |publisher=Presses universitaires du Midi |doi=10.4000/books.pumi.38431 |isbn=978-2912025852 |doi-access=free }}</ref>